Swartz Creek boys basketball team defeats Lapeer East 64-33 on Monday

Cal Henry led Swartz Creek with 19 points -- including five 3-pointers -- as the Dragons improved to 5-1. J.D. Tisdale and Marquavian Stephens each scored 11.

Keaton Pnacek led Lapeer East with eight points, and Kolin Kirby scored six.

Leading 24-17 at halftime, Swartz Creek used a 25-7 third quarter to take control.

"As a coach, you either feel good about having a two-week break, or you feel bad about it," Swartz Creek coach Scott Wright said. "We opened the season against Ortonville-Brandon, and played flat in the first half before coming out in the second and playing like we are capable of.

"We did that tonight."

Lapeer East started the game as the aggressor, Wright said.

"They came out aggressive in the first half," Wright said. "They played hard and were scrappy. They played their butts off and outrebounded us, and beat us to the loose balls.

"In the second half, we turned it up and played some better defense."

The shooting of Henry was key to Swartz Creek's success, offensively.

"Cal really made the difference for us, making those big shots," Wright said. "Outside of him, we were pretty stagnant on the offensive end."